Health Data Breach Tracker/TX

Health Plan · Archived

Milestone Electric, Inc.

4,973 individuals · submitted October 8, 2020

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Milestone Electric, reported that employees were the victims of an email phishing attack that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 4,973 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice on its website. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional technical safeguards, updated its policies and procedures, and retrained its workforce members on email security.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Milestone Electric, Inc.
State
TX
Entity type
Health Plan
Individuals affected
4,973
Submission date
October 8, 2020
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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